Rabbi Stephen Epstein
Apr 147 min
Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 14 April 2024-Hebrew School
Tuesday, 16 April 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)
Wednesday, 17 April 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Thursday, 18 April 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 19 & 20 April 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 21 April 2024-Hebrew School
Monday, 22 April 2024 - nightfall Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover
Tuesday, 23 April 2024-Passover Services
Tuesday, 23 April 2024-Miller Course (?) (Day has changed)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024-Passover Services
Wednesday, 24 April 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Thursday, 25 April 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 26 & 27 April 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 28 April 2024-Hebrew School
Monday, 29 April 2024-Passover Services
Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover Services
Sunday, 19 May 2024-Biannual Congregational Meeting
We are now offering Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org
Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.
Kabbalah Thought for this week
"To achieve a higher level of spirituality and existence, we sometimes need to "borrow" Light from the Creator in order to use it to awaken and arouse even grater Light in our lives and in this world. This is similar to a businessman borrowing money from a bak for the prupose of building a successful business. In other, you need money in order to make money."
A very poignant prayer that gives us comfort:
Announcements
-Office Hours
-This week’s 10-Minute
-Events
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Shabbat Services
-School
*For your information, I have included below my schedule, including office hours for the next two weeks and specific classes in which I am involved.
**For your convenience and information, Zoom links will be provided in separate emails for security purposes.
***I continue to update our Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing. For your convenience, I am attaching this revised list to this email that only goes to members of Temple Sholom of Ontario. Thank you.
Office Hours for the next few weeks:
Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day to be more available.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Friday, April 19, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, April 21, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 1 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 5:00pm - 9:00pm (2nd Night Seder 6:00am - 8:00pm)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 2 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Friday, April 26, 2024 10:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, April 21, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Monday, April 29, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 7 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 8 Services/Yizkor 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Friday, May 5, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, May 7, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
In-Person Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
will be on Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Day has changed
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 @ 5:00pm PT
Module 12: Middle Ages/Medieval
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 pm PT
Day has changed
Zoom Links sent in separate email Wednesday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
20 April 2024 / 12 Nisan 5784
Parashat Metzora is the 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 14:1-15:33
Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected with tzaraat, a discoloration condition on the skin. It then describes the process of treating a house infected with tzaraat and the ritual impurity generated by certain bodily discharges. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University
Hertz Chumash: pp. 470 – 473 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 470 – 477)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 620 – 625 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 620 – 635)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 660 – 663 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 660– 670)
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Discussing the Friday Night Ma'ariv Shabbat service.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, April 19⋅7:07pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, April 20⋅8:05pm
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Upcoming Services
Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 9:30 am
Zoom Links sent in separate email Friday afternoon. Please reply if you do not receive them.
We are now incorporating guitar accompaniment with our Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv
20 April 2024 / 12 Nisan 5784
Parashat Metzora is the 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 14:1-15:33
Triennial year 2
1: 14:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: 14:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
3: 14:10-12 · 3 p’sukim
4: 14:13-15 · 3 p’sukim
5: 14:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: 14:21-25 · 5 p’sukim
7: 14:26-32 · 7 p’sukim
maf: 14:30-32 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah*: Malachi 3:4-24 · 21 p’sukim *Shabbat HaGadol
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University
Hertz Chumash: pp. 470 – 473 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 470 – 477)
Next Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
will be on
Sunday, April 21, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:30am
Our Hebrew Class consists of two sessions:
10:00am - 10:40pm Learning Hebrew
10:50am - 11:30am Studying Torah and other related topics
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷
Pesach for Hebrew Year 5784 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Monday, 22 April 2024 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.
Second Seder
This displays the Diaspora holiday schedule for Passover.
Passover Services and Readings
Passover 1 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳ Tuesday, 23 April 2024 / 15 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim
4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim
5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim
Passover 2 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳ Wednesday, 24 April 2024 / 16 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Leviticus 22:26-23:3 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 23:4-14 · 11 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳
Thursday, 25 April 2024 / 17 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:1-16; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim
3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳
Friday, 26 April 2024 / 18 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / פֶּסַח שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד
Saturday, 27 April 2024 / 19 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
2: Exodus 33:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
4: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Megillah
1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳
Sunday, 28 April 2024 / 20 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25
1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Passover 7 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳
Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim
Passover 8 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳
Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim
Biannual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, 19 May 2024 @ 1:00pm
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